Itch of the rich

Uncle Sam was caught unawares when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, which started World War 11 many decades ago. The next generation Americans were caught unawares when the semi-doomsday struck on 9/11. Now President Bush has reorganised the secret intelligence service, getting wiser after the attack. This is the indolence of affluence-the extraction of the VAT (value-added tax, morally speaking). When family values disintegrate in a society, there is no salvation for that society, however rich materialistically.

So what's the problem? The North is paying compound interest for exploiting the South for centuries. The current predicament of the West is based on the divine Law of Compensation. In Islam, this compensation is pre-arranged through the institution of Zakat--giving away for charity a small percentage of the surplus wealth. Islam is the latest and last religion in civilisation, and it is (digitally) cleaned, filtered and simplified for use in compact form, for daily practical application. There is direct communion between the Creator and the created individual, without priesthood in between (not compulsory).

What is happening is that the divine correction factor is now in operation, and the US and the bania (financial business groups) cannot control the situation. It is already bogged down, a victim of its own politics. The situation appears to be irreversible. Thus there is hope, after suffering (punishment for straying from the right path).

The Islamic world has to unite in resurgence, in clean, transparent, simplified glory (of the Almighty).